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What have you done to your Land Cruiser this week?
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damn I wish I knew that before I started....good to know for future projects.
Primed and almost ready for a finish coat...need to tweak the curve around roll bar first.
Wheeled it! I wasnt the only one on the trail
Look closely!
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Did you have to look for it, or was it rattlin?
Yep, there it is! Looks like you got out before the rain moved in. Out here in Indian Springs I'm starting to see lakes forming out in the yard.
Did you see it before or after the photo?
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We saw it cross the trail and coiled up by the bush!
Yeah it was just in time! took advantage of the cool weather.
My buddy saw it crossing.
Could you hear him over the engine purr?
You are correct when we passed he or she wasnt happy you can hear it over the engine.
When I was a kid I asked my dad how do you know if it is a rattlesnake. He said "you will know it when you hear it."
Many, many years later my wife and I moved to the high desert in Mojave county SoCal and built our house.
One summer night I was showering in our newly finished bathroom when my wife said the hose bib that had been giving problems earlier that day was leaking again, then she said "Oh, it stopped"
Stopped?
I must have made a pretty sight because I didn't bother to put any cloths on except for my cowboy boots.
Grabbed the flashlight eased out around the side of the house and before I got a light on it I heard sort of pop and then the sound of a leaky 600 pound steam line and I did know what it was right away.
Swung the light around and sure enough there was an 18 inch long Mojave green.
Mojave greens look like a diamondbacks except they are about the same color green as a dollar bill.
Of all the years I spent traipsing around the desert that was the first rattler I ever saw or heard.
For the next ten years of living in that house I encountered over a dozen more.
Have any of you ever done the snake dance when in the wild?
Many, many years later my wife and I moved to the high desert in Mojave county SoCal and built our house.
One summer night I was showering in our newly finished bathroom when my wife said the hose bib that had been giving problems earlier that day was leaking again, then she said "Oh, it stopped"
Stopped?
I must have made a pretty sight because I didn't bother to put any cloths on except for my cowboy boots.
Grabbed the flashlight eased out around the side of the house and before I got a light on it I heard sort of pop and then the sound of a leaky 600 pound steam line and I did know what it was right away.
Swung the light around and sure enough there was an 18 inch long Mojave green.
Mojave greens look like a diamondbacks except they are about the same color green as a dollar bill.
Of all the years I spent traipsing around the desert that was the first rattler I ever saw or heard.
For the next ten years of living in that house I encountered over a dozen more.
Have any of you ever done the snake dance when in the wild?
Threw the summer tires back on and drove it to work.
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@allan man that looks like dry lake outside of boulder city in the back ground.
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You are correct sir.
Had a late night/early morning prep and paint session last night and got the firewall, underside and gearbox hump top coated. Feels good!
Was driving in the rain a couple of days ago and looked the rear view and saw water dripping down from the top of the hatch so just came in from gluing an extra strip of rubber across the top.
Hope that fixes it.
Hope that fixes it.
Cleaning the stables.
Weather has been very nice here. I went topless for the first time since 2015. Forgot how much fun it is in the wind. 
I really like your hoist. Did you engineer it or buy it ready to roll?Weather has been very nice here. I went topless for the first time since 2015. Forgot how much fun it is in the wind.
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I’m looking to install one as soon as I finish putting everything together from my top refurbishment
Racor lift from Amazon. Worked great to lift off the hardtop by myself.
Amazon product ASIN B0009I8AO6